This is therefore a setback for Boeing, because it is not the first time that there have been problems with the launch of the capsule. The Starliner was supposed to leave on Saturday, but that was canceled because the ISS was temporarily out of balance.
The Russian module Nauka (Russian for “science”) was successfully docked to the ISS when the spacecraft’s thrusters (say the engines) suddenly ignited. That unplanned maneuver caused the ISS to tilt about 45 degrees from its normal position.
Initially, according to the American space agency NASA, the crew of the ISS was not in danger at any time, but yesterday NASA admitted on Twitter that the situation was more serious than initially thought. At one point, the ISS tilted about 540 degrees from its usual position. Meanwhile, the space station is working properly again.
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